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What does DNA stand for?

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

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Where does transcription take place?

In the nucleus

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What is a codon?

it is a series of 3 nitrogen bases found on an mRNA strand

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What does the "m" stand for in mRNA?

messenger

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What are 3 types of RNA?

mRNA, tRNA and rRNA

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What is the structure difference in DNA and mRNA?

DNA is a double Helix, RNA is a single Helix.

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What mRNA bases would pair with this strand of DNA: G-G-A-T-C-G-C

C-C-U-A-G-C-G

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What occurs during translation?

an mRNA strand is "decoded" into a sequence of amino acids, that result in a protein

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What is the relationship between amino acids and proteins?

 Amino acids are the building blocks of a protein. A protein is a chain of amino acids that are connected to each other.

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What is important about these three codons:  UGA, UAA, and UAG?

They are "stop" codons and they signal that the protein is done being assembled.

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What are 2 parts of protein synthesis called?

Transcription and Translation

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What is the result of transcription?

a copy of a gene is made, using mRNA

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What does tRNA Stand for? 

Transfer RNA 

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Where does translation occur and what is the end result? 

Translation occurs in a ribosome and the end result is a protein.

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What happens if there is a deletion or a duplication of a nitrogen base in DNA, for example:

T - A - G - G - C - A - T - C      becomes

T - A - G - C - A - T - C

this would be a mutation that affects the ENTIRE amino acid sequence afterwards... it would probably change the shape of the protein entirely

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What sugar is found in DNA, versus RNA?

 DNA has deoxyribose sugar and RNA has ribose sugar.

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Any change in a DNA sequence.

A mutation

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What two things are on either end of a tRNA molecule?

On one end is the ANTICODON and on the other end is an AMINO ACID
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How many amino acids are there?

20

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What is a ribosome composed of?

rRNA and proteins

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Where is DNA located?

DNA is found in the nucleus

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This nitrogen base is found in RNA, but not in DNA

Uracil

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Where must an mRNA attach before protein production can begin?

mRNA must attach itself to a ribosome

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Using the codon chart, determine what amino acid correlates to the mRNA codon U-U-G


Leu

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Which type(s) of RNA are involved in translation?

all 3 - m, t, r RNA